Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323

B. C.

) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.

Diogenes’ crab

(Zool.)

a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (

Cenobita Diogenes

), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops.

–

Diogenes' tub

the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.

See also: Dïogenès

Diogenes

An Ancient Greek male given name, notably borne by Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.

Ancient Greek name